Guard for wringers



Dec. 14, 1926. 0 1,610,400

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' f y .;lpplication filed rebniar ac, 1926.. Serial No. 90,779.

This inventionrelat'es to clothes wringers,

I more particularly to a guardfor the wringer rolls which is adapted to function as a guide for feeding the clothes into the wringer rolls. I

It is amongtheobjects of this invention to provide a combined guard and feeding device for clothes wringers which shall: permit the remote feeding of the clothes "into .the 'Wringer rolls thereby preventing possi-.

ble harm or injury to the operator. p 4

7 Another object of this'invention is to providea safety attachment for clothes wringers of the above designated character which shall be of simple, compact and durable me chanical construction and which shall be ap. plicable for use on a standard Wringer without requiring any material alteration Qf'the Wringer parts. 1

. Another object of this invention is to provide a combined guard and clothes feed-. ing device for wringers which shall be yieldingly mounted on the wringer frame to re designed to permit thefeeding of clothes into the rolls from a remote position and such.

lieve the strain on the clothes. which is nor-- mally caused bytheir weight.

Heretofore various forms of guards for wringer rolls have beenproposed which were guards. have been generally of the'shape'of a hopper. Thehopper being a substantially inclined chute obstructed the operators view of the wringer rolls and caused the entangleguard surface' relative. to the engaging roll surfaces in accordance with the size and the weight of the article which is passed there-- over.

In the accompanyingdrawings constituting a part hereof, and in which like reference charactersdesignate like parts, Fig. 1

' 3 is a plan view taken on theline III- III I is aside elevational view of clothes wringer 'embodylng the rmcip'les of our invention;

Fig; 2 is a rear e evational view thereof Fig.

Fig. l,illustrating the wringer roll and the perforated guard in its operating position;

Fig; t is a fragmentary side elevational view Y Of a wringer illustrating ,a' modified form of guard; Fig. 5 illustrates another modification'of the roll guard; Fig. 6 is 'a plan view of a portion of the guard bracket taken along are perspective views of a hingeblock and adjustment rod, respectively, which coopersite to adjust the relative angular position of the guard member.

Referring to-Figs'. 1, 2, 7 and8 of the drawings, the structure therein illustratedcomprises a clotheswrin'ger having the usual upright fram'e portions 1 rigidly, secured by cross members 2 and 3, and having a plurality of bearing blocks 4 for journalling a pair of wringer'rolls 5 and 6 which are connected to adapt them for rotation in opposite directhe hue VI.-VI, Fig. 1; and Figs. 7 and 8 1 tions. The wringer is provided with the usual adjustment screws 7 to maintain the 'proper pressure on the roll bearings, I

In accordance with our invention we provide' an extenslo'n bracket 10 which is secured to the end fram% 1 of the wringer by a dove-tail connection with lugs 11 that are secured .to the Wringer franfe in any suitable manner as by wood screws 12, the lugs and the bracket portion cooperating therewith being more clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. A' ard' 13- comprising a perforated plate of sheet metal or other suitable; ma 4 terial of convex shapeis mounted on the extension bracket 10 by a hinge connectibn 14' and the lower portion ofthe guard extends beyond the hinge 14 in proximity with the lower wringer roll 5. The guard is perforated to drain off water and prevent flood-- ing of the wringer rolls. The--guard 13 is provided with lugs15as'sho'wn in-Fi 1 and a'plurality of extension rods 16,. igs. 1 and 8, are pivotally connected to the lugs .15. The rod 16 is. provided with openings 17 for thepurpose as will be hereinafter set forth.

Pivot blocks 18 having trunnions 19 are se cured to the ends of thebrackets .10 by disposing the trunnions 19 in openings 20 pro- .vided in the bracket and they are maintained r in this position by cotter keys 21. Coil springs .22 having a greaterover-all'length than the restricted'portionof the extension rods 16 aredisposedaround sald rods which are extended through openings 23 in the pivot blocks .18, The guard; plate 13' is sup tion of our invention in which the guard ported on the brackets 10 by the e1prings 22 and the latter may be brought. un er initialtension by compressing'them and-fixing the osition of the extension rods 16 by exte'nding a cotter key or pin in'the openings 17 The relative inclined or. angular position of the guard .13 may thus be changed at the construction may be maintained in a'suitable inclined position by torsion springs 28 which are disposed around the rod 26 and have their ends secured to the'mounting bracket and the guard lug. 27, respectively, the torsion springs 28 providing a resilient support for the guard 13'.

In Fig. 4 we have shown another modificamember comprises an endless belt 30 passing over rolls 31 and 32 carried by arms 33 which may be mounted on the wringer member in a manner similar to the guard 13. A friction roll 34 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 24 to contact with the lower wringer roll 5 and the outer surface of the belt 30 to transmit motion from the roll 5.to the belt thereby providing a movable conveybr for I transmitting the clothing to the wringer rolls.

j It will beevidentfrom thegforegoing de-' fscription of our invention that a wringer guard and clothes guide made in accordance therewith rovides a simple and safe means for remote y feeding clothing into the wringer rolls withoutsubjecting the operator to the hazards of gettin injured by the rolls.

,And his further evi ent that the construction of our guard and clothes guide is. relatively inexpensive and readily applied to standard clothes wringer parts extension rods -16 to Although we have described the specific embodiment of our invention it will be eb- I vious to those skilled in the .art that various out departing from the principles herein set forth.

-We claim; I

1. A clothes feedin device fora clothes wringer provided wit a frame and a plurality of wringer rolls comprising a supporthaving means to enable the same ,to beattached to the wringer frame, a perforated hinged plate mounted on said support in alignment with saidfrolls and below the bite thereof, and resilient mea ns" fo; supporting said plate on said support. I

2. A clothes feeding device for a clothes wringer provided with a frame and a plurality of wringer rolls comprising a support having means to enable-the same to be attached to the wringer frame, a hinged plate mounted on said support in alignment with said rolls and below the bite thereof, and

resilient means for supporting said plate on said support, saidmeans comprising a rod hinged to theunderside of sai plate, a coil spring disposed on said rod intermediate said plate and its support, and a trunnion member pivotallymounted-on'the support and hav- I ing an opening for receiving said rod. e 3. A. clothes feeding device for a clothes wringer provided with a frame and a plurality of wringer rolls comprising a support having means to enable the'same to be at- ,tached to the wringer frame, a: perforated hinged plate mounted on said support in alignment with said rolls and below the bite thereof, and resilient means for supporting said plate on said support, said means comprising a spring element for yieldingly supporting said plate and means for yieldingly restraining the amount of pivotal movement 1 thereof relative to, its support.

. In testimony whereof, our names.

HERMAN J. waLToN. .ELMER WALTON.

we hereunto sign 

